Decisions

The Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a decision by the Department of Public Utilities approving a power purchase agreement (PPA) entered into by Cape Wind Associates, LLC. The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, along with other interveners, claimed that the ...

A Boston nightclub can continue its trademark infringement lawsuit against a Mississippi nightspot which shares the same name, the Appeals Court has found in a Rule 1:28 decision. The ownership of Rise Club, a members-only dance club in Boston’s Back ...

The Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a cocaine trafficking conviction despite the fact that evidence from laboratory drug tests was introduced through the testimony of a substitute analyst rather than through the analyst who performed the tests. The defendant contended ...

A convicted child rapist has been granted a new trial by the Supreme Judicial Court. The defendant argued that statements admitted against him at trial were obtained in violation of his constitutional right to counsel. During custodial interrogation, after being ...

The Supreme Judicial Court has vacated a Superior Court order denying the Boston Globe’s motion to inspect and copy the inquest report and the transcript of the inquest proceedings in the murder indictment of Amy Bishop. The SJC found that ...

The Board of Registration in Dentistry may not enforce federal standards, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. “[W]hile the board may mandate compliance with [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] standards in dental practices and sanction dentists for professional misconduct after ...

The Supreme Judicial Court has decided to modify the scope of judicial review of decisions on the admissibility of testimony pursuant to the “first complaint” doctrine as set forth in Commonwealth v. King, 445 Mass. 217 (2005), cert. denied, 546 ...

A defendant who was convicted in 2005 of murder in the first degree and carrying a firearm without a license should be granted a new trial on the basis of undisclosed exculpatory evidence, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The ...

The Appeals Court recently affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff trustees of a property development in Shrewsbury who had sued one couple living there for building a regulation-sized baseball field in their lot and letting local leagues play ball. ...